Blizzard Finds New President in Former Call of Duty Executive Johanna Faries (www.ign.com)
from simple@lemm.ee to games@lemmy.world on 29 Jan 2024 21:28
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JackDark@lemmy.world on 29 Jan 2024 23:24 next collapse

Very smart of Microsoft to put a woman of color in that seat. Here’s hoping that she can turn things around in the culture there.

SkybreakerEngineer@lemmy.world on 29 Jan 2024 23:56 next collapse

Culture maybe, but she spent the last 5 years on COD so you can be sure nothing about the games will improve

Cannibal_MoshpitV3@lemmy.world on 30 Jan 2024 00:01 next collapse

Just more status quo with their shooters. They were all already headed to mtx hell.

Boiglenoight@lemmy.world on 30 Jan 2024 00:46 next collapse

Modern Warfare 1 and 2 were great.

pycorax@lemmy.world on 30 Jan 2024 01:12 next collapse

They were great. All the post launch cosmetics ruined it.

Boiglenoight@lemmy.world on 30 Jan 2024 01:17 next collapse

I erased my original reply twice. You’re right, I stopped playing because I found all the cosmetics ridiculous and repulsive.

billiam0202@lemmy.world on 30 Jan 2024 17:33 collapse

What, you don’t want to run around as Homelander or Nikki Minaj? They perfectly fit in with the feel of a semi-tactical first person shooter!

KingThrillgore@lemmy.ml on 30 Jan 2024 17:51 collapse

No they weren’t. Unless you mean COD4 and the OG MW2 and 3. Sure.

The franchise has been held up by marketing cash and DOD money for a while now, and it sucks ass.

Boiglenoight@lemmy.world on 30 Jan 2024 20:14 collapse

I had a blast playing with friends and DMZ was refreshing. I wish they’d brought that out of beta.

Carighan@lemmy.world on 30 Jan 2024 10:24 collapse

As if modern Overwatch has much it can lose from a COD-centric influence. 😅 That game has nosedived so hard unter their internal pressure to prioritize e-sports and pro gamers above the current playerbase which at the time was a widest-net casual playerbase that made friends of all kinds play Overwatch together.

Good for the devs, seem to have worked out and secured their jobs at lea… oh. Well fuck Overwatch e-sports then.

wahming@monyet.cc on 31 Jan 2024 21:53 collapse

What overwatch esports? Their entire esports dept just got laid off a month ago lol

i_ben_fine@lemmy.one on 30 Jan 2024 16:33 collapse

conspiracy theory: big companies only do this when they’re getting ready to implement unpopular decisions so their precious white men don’t get blamed.

[deleted] on 30 Jan 2024 16:41 next collapse

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i_ben_fine@lemmy.one on 31 Jan 2024 15:31 collapse

I acknowledge the complicated relationship Jews have with whiteness.

billiam0202@lemmy.world on 30 Jan 2024 17:31 next collapse

Fun fact: there’s actually a name for that.

The glass cliff.

fadingembers@lemmy.blahaj.zone on 30 Jan 2024 18:17 collapse

It happened to reddit

Froyn@kbin.social on 29 Jan 2024 23:37 next collapse

Microtransactions are so hot right now.

BigTrout75@lemmy.world on 30 Jan 2024 06:56 collapse

Good for image but can they make a good game?

SasquatchBanana@lemmy.world on 31 Jan 2024 15:53 collapse

That’s a nope. Those days are long gone.